We’ve become so obsessed with efficiency and simplicity that our default action is mass firings and layoffs. What if the problem isn’t complexity, what if the real problem is accountability? Accountability is how we make our organizations more effective AND more efficient.

Each year I pen a fictional CEO letter as a way to crystallize my own thoughts on leading in today’s turbulent world. This year the themes are AI (of course), connection, foresight, paradox and unlearning. I hope they inspire your leadership for 2025.